New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Not just shopping together, couples who spend time together on Facebook tend to share a stronger bond and enjoy a longer-lasting relationship than those who avoid seeing each other online, an interesting study has revealed. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that couples who …

Los Angeles, Aug 2 (IANS) Singer Demi Lovato expressed her gratitude to fans for their outpouring support after the death of her beloved dog Buddy. With the image, Lovato wrote: "We can't thank you all enough. Love you all tons and ton." In line with Lovato, her beau Wilmer Valderrama took to Twitter to thank fans for …

Email, Facebook, cat videos — these are just a few of the things that 15 percent of American adults are missing out on every day because they don't use the Internet. However, that 15 percent is a huge reduction from the percentage of Americans who did not use the Internet in 2000, according to a new analysis of survey …

London, Aug 1 (IANS) Despite its growing popularity, half of the most popular news on micro-blogging site Twitter are still not being covered by traditional news media sources, researchers report. To understand this, the team employed a new methodology that used Google news service which detects which "trending topics" …

New York, Aug 1 (IANS) If you are struggling with alcoholism or other forms of addictions, here comes a smartphone app that aims to help by connecting you to a social network of sober people. It also offers a messaging platform and other features similar to what are available on popular social networking platforms like …

New York, Aug 1 (IANS) CEO of social networking giant Facebook Mark Zuckerberg declared that he and his wife Prisicilla are soon going to be parents to a girl. "We have … More »Facebook CEO to be a father soon

New York, Aug 1 (IANS) CEO of social networking giant Facebook Mark Zuckerberg declared that he and his wife Prisicilla are soon going to be parents to a girl. "We have already been so fortunate for the opportunity to touch people's lives across the globe- Cilla as a doctor and educator, and me through this community and …

The killing of a Zimbabwean lion by an American dentist is a vivid reminder of how, in this era of social media, it's a virtual jungle out there. Big game hunter Walter Palmer joins a growing list of individuals -- famous and not so famous -- who have been publicly, even ruthlessly shamed on Twitter and Facebook, the village …

Amanda Maler wasn't even born yet when Nintendo's beloved Super Mario made his debut 30 years ago. Maler and fellow 20-somethings named their team "Move Fast and Brick Things" in a merging of a Facebook hacker-mindset motto "move fast and break things," with a reference to brick blocks that are well-known obstacles in …

Bogota, Aug 1 (IANS/EFE) Eleven Colombian air force personnel were killed when a plane went down in the northern province of Cesar, the military said. The crash took place on Friday and he first official report about the crash came from Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos who said on Twitter that 12 people had died. …

The Sacramento Kings have become the latest NBA team to hire a woman as an assistant coach, appointing Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman to work alongside head coach George Karl, it was confirmed Friday. Lieberman will be only the second female assistant coach with an NBA team following the appointment of Becky Hammon at the …

Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz slammed Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) for playing down the defects at klia2, saying that MAHB was being "naive and callous" in brushing aside concerns over defects in the new budget terminal. Posting on her Facebook page, the AirAsia X chairman said lives are at stake as airlines …

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Friday it agreed to buy fashion start-up Polyvore to help drive traffic and strengthen its mobile and social offerings. Yahoo, which did … More »Yahoo buys fashion website Polyvore

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Friday it agreed to buy fashion start-up Polyvore to help drive traffic and strengthen its mobile and social offerings. Yahoo, which did not disclose terms of the deal, said Polyvore will accelerate its 'Mavens' growth strategy. The company has been focusing on four areas — mobile, video, …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a baby. The co-founder of the world's largest social network used a Facebook post Friday to announce that Chan is pregnant ...

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a baby girl, he said on his Facebook page on Friday. Zuckerberg, 31, did not say when their daughter is due but said the pregnancy was far enough along that the risk of miscarriage was …

Best-selling boy band One Direction released a surprise first single as a foursome on Friday, two days after former member Zayn Malik announced a new record deal as solo artist. The foursome -- Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson -- posted a video message on Twitter announcing the new single. In …

It hasn't been an easy week in social media, despite double-digit revenue growth from Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Investors are looking beyond headline numbers and finding reasons to sell. Not even ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican elections official in North Carolina will face removal over racially tinged Facebook posts praising the Confederacy and suggesting black protestors aren't "productive good citizens" with jobs, like whites.

Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil - taking the count of supported Indian languages to six. Hindi and Bengali have been available for a year now, the social media … More »Twitter adds four Indian languages

Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil - taking the count of supported Indian languages to six. Hindi and Bengali have been available for a year now, the social media company said in a blog post. According to Twitter, these four languages were partially translated by a community of Twitter users via the translation cen …

By Tim McLaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's newspapers and social media users reacted with anger and disappointment on Friday to the government's decision to include 155 Chinese in a mass amnesty, just eight days after they were jailed for illegal logging. News journals slammed the freeing of the …